Knee Case Study Week 2 Subjective
Referral[edit | edit source]
Right Knee pain 32 year old female
Subjective[edit | edit source]
History of Presenting Condition [edit | edit source]
6 months insidious onset right anterior knee pain, had an x-ray NAD
Slowly getting worse, went to A+E with the pain 3/52 ago d/c with advice on taking paracetamol and naproxen regularly. Went to the GP as pain not easing and finding it difficult to cope with pain. GP referred to Physiotherapy
Presenting Condition[edit | edit source]
- Pain anterior knee - constant dull ache 4/10 which increases to 8/10 sharp intermittent pain when walking down stairs or squatting, can hear knee cracking on flexion / extension occasionally.
- Diurnal pattern activity dependent
- Aggravated by walking up and down stairs, walking for more than 30 mins, wearing heels for work, standing after sitting at work for a long time. Driving
- Eased: Not much, Paracetamol take the edge off
- Not waking at night
- No locking / clicking / giving way
Past medical History [edit | edit source]
Asthma - controlled not using inhalers now, cesarean section 2 years ago for birth of child
Drug History [edit | edit source]
Paracetamol PRN, Oral Contraception
Social History[edit | edit source]
- Full time office worker
- Has 2 year old son
- Lives with husband
- Started the gym 8 months ago to lose weight, liked doing high intensity interval training classes - stopped now due to knee pain
